calou
\ka.lu\
The verdict
“calou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Liqueur qui se tire du cocotier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-calou · calou · French
calou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.lu\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « calou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
calou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.lu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for calou, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is calou, spelled C-A-L-O-U.
Definition
- 1Liqueur qui se tire du cocotier.
- 2Synonyme de gombo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how calou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces Indiens avaient aussi pour habitude d’extraire des feuilles de cocotier, de palmier ou de dattier une liqueur propice à l’ivresse, le "calou".
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.